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Comment on Hose Deployment by OJT

OJT — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:38:32 +0000

In our district we have a 700 ft long alley with single family dwellings on each side and no seperation between the exposures. Standard for us is to come in on the closest side of the alley and pull 350ft of 2 1/2 off the rear bed. Being a 3 person engine, the captain and firefighter drag the line and the second engine is told to bring a 4″ supply line to the first engine. It’s going to be a few minutes before we get water. At the end of the 2 1/2, the firefighter can sit on the smoothbore nozzle himself until someone else shows up with the 100ft 1 3/4″ high rise packs and a 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 gated wye.

A 2 1/2″ line can support 500gpm, with a lot of friction loss, if the fire can’t be controlled with two 1 3/4″ handlines going interior.

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Which Way is Out? : HPFIREFIGHTER.com — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:53 +0000

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Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:07:51 +0000

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Comment on Hose Deployment by Nate Q.

Nate Q. — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:58:01 +0000

Due to the typical stretches in our district, the longest load we have is a 200′ preconnect. For a stretch such as this, we’d do one of two things depending on the estimated stretch.

-Pull the 200′ 2 1/2″ preconnect and the “highrise” pack (150′ 1 1/2″ with a 2 1/2″ pony and wye).

-Pull a 3″ line from the supply bed (1500′ available), connect “highrise pack” with wye.

2 1/2″ preconnects are flat loaded or triple layer, and 1 1/2″ “highrise” packs are flat loaded in a Milwaukee strap. As mentioned, second -in can add another line at the wye. We don’t do this much, but it has worked decently for the times we’ve needed it (usually on the outskirts of town).

Comment on Hose Deployment by truckie431

truckie431 — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:37:56 +0000

For atypical stretches, especially one with a little distance to it, we would use our 400′ leader line (200′ of 2-1/2, and 200′ of 1-3/4 connected together by a gated wye)…this also allows an additional stretch of 1-3/4″ to be added to the gated wye by the second due engine company, so you can get two lines in service quickly with minimal effort and with minimal staffing…the 400′ leader line is standard on all of our engine companies and is packed in a minuteman style load off the rear…

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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:35:39 +0000

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Around the Fire Web | Firegeezer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:30:31 +0000

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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:45:12 +0000

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Comment on Which Way is Out? by Dale G. Pekel

Dale G. Pekel — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:18:35 +0000

Nice Post Jason!

We teach Smooth Shank of the female coupling = “SMOOTH Sailing Ahead”……. Rough Shank (spanner lugs) of the male coupling = “ROUGH Road Ahead – Turn around”. This is based on what you come across/feel first.

Whatever a Department or FF chooses to use, this simple but effective prop reinforces muscle memory and the importance of practicing what you learned. Keep up the great work!

Here’s a sight that some may want to check out – http://www.flashbackerlabel.com

Comment on Which Way is Out? by Shari

Shari — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:14 +0000

WOW – I cannot tell you how glad I am that you posted this. Just at FRI2010 some guy was “selling” a plastic “tool” that was reflective to help with this issue. But when the crap hits the fan all that is needed is good training. Why waste money on something that will just create more of a crutch.